Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 28 June 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government

Inflationary Costs in the Construction Industry: Discussion

Photo of Ruairi Ó MurchúRuairi Ó Murchú (Louth, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

When I talked earlier about local authorities, it was not that I was expecting a rip-roaring row. It was more that I had seen there was some element of pushback, but it has been said there is enough room for everyone to survive because we do not have enough houses. We will move on from there.

I was going to deal with what Ms Hegarty spoke about regarding the necessity for economic analysis of the financing of Housing for All but she has gone into a wider issue. I was going to ask whether anybody has made submissions to the Attorney General's review of planning. I was thinking specifically about compact growth being in the wrong place but, in fairness, what was talked about earlier would require a review with a greater remit, which probably needs to happen, and is something that can bring us to a solution. If the representatives could come up with that in their answers to me, I would be only too delighted.

I will also get some sort of answer, which Mr. Doyle was about to go into, regarding estate management. What is the Irish Council for Social Housing proposing for where we are now? Do we use the International Federation of Consulting Engineers, FIDIC, or one of those types of systems when tendering for building houses from here on in?

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